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On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal flame (below) was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.

On this day in 1901, U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist . McKinley succumbed to his wounds on September 14, 1901. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn into office on the same day, succeeding McKinley, who had been reelected in 1900. Gzolgosz was executed on October 29, 1901.

Leon Frank Czolgosz (May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)

The site of William McKinley’s tragic assassination in Buffalo, New York is only marked by a plaque on a large boulder.

The funeral procession for President John F. Kennedy is pictured crossing the bridge to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.

On this day in 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was attended by heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries, with untold millions more watching on television.

President Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline, along with brother’s Bob and Ted Kennedy together lit the “eternal flame”(above) which will forever burn at the gravesite of JFK.

During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1783, British forces evacuated New York, their last military position in the U.S.It was also George Washington’s Triumphal Entry in New York City, as depicted in the above painting. The events marked the cessation of hostilities between Great Britain and its former colonies.

On this day in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October.

Leon Czolgosz

The funeral for Britain’s Princess Diana was on this day in 1997.

Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the U.S. The first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is notable for having been the first true self-servicegrocery store, and the originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in Keene, NewHampshire. Currently, more than 600 independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily in smaller cities and towns.